Do you know Ed Hotspur? If you don’t, you should. Every time I talk to that guy, I get crazy ideas. I mean crazy ideas even for me.
Just today, whilst chatting with Ed in the comment threads, I was struck by two silly notions.
1. We should all pick a day to play the following game: We choose one letter on the keyboard, and for the rest of the day, nobody can type that letter. I don’t even remember how the comment thread with Ed started, but it ended with me explaining how the ‘N’ key on my keyboard no longer says ‘N’. The ‘N’ had rubbed off. I think I must use the ‘N’ too much. So I typed Ed a comment with no ‘Ns’ in it. But I specifically used lots of words that have an ‘N’ in them. And I left the spaces in there where the ‘N’ would go. Doesn’t that sound like a fun game for us to play? Especially if we don’t tell other people that we are doing it when we comment on their blogs…
2. We should invent a special font to use when we are being sarcastic. I am sick and tired of trying to guess when people are being sarcastic. What, is that too hard? (See, I was being sarcastic, and you weren’t sure if I was or not, right?)
I wish I had thought to keep notes on all the silly things that Ed brings out of my brain. I love talking to that guy. He is smart, funny, weird, random and irreverent. He is like me… if I was a little smarter…
Go meet Ed: http://edwardhotspur.wordpress.com/
Pouring My Art Out 
I agree we need a special font for sarcasm because I am so often sarcastic & not everyone knows it!
Was that sarcasm?
No
Are you sure?
Yes
Okay then.
Ed should create the font since he is the supreme commander of sarcasm.
I tried to tell him.
He won’t listen
He never does…
Ever!
Part of his weird charm.
I agree with weird…HA jk …maybe…maybe not…you will never know.
Neither will he.
Oh, man… you don’t have to do that. People can find my blog just from the smell.
I was going to mention that…
Don’t mention it
ok
Ko
Technical KO?
Not technically
ha
Ha Solo
I never fly solo…
What do you do solo
Oh, solo mio
You comment a lot of comments.
I can play this game all day.
farvergnougat
A football player-flavored candy?
No, unless it’s Defensive Endos
Always defend when someone tries to stick something innuendo
no one ever does
So you say.
And what I say goes.
So, this is just a game to you?
well… yeah…
Oh, nice. I thought we had something.
They call love the game of love, Ed…
no they don’t
Oh, but they do.
No
I barely speak English…
I barely speak Japanese
Still, a little goes a long way
sayonara
Arivaderci-san
Diego-san
Okay… that was brilliant…
NOt really.
YEs really
MAybe knot
Tie one on.
Hi
Hie
You tied in where I live and came up with the perfect title for a Japanese Mexican American.
Wan? Tha’s Chinese
Oh… I thought it said san…
Wan-san.
Um…. Chinese frozen dinners???
No, Wan.
No wan but you.
hi
……………….
Or the record label of a Japanese/Chinese Led Zep tribute band
I am not sure that’s possiburu
or negadonkey
hi
…………………
Great blog….gotta share! Thanks 🙂
Thank you.
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First of all, I’m not even sure if his name isn’t Ned, what with your N issues and all.
Secondly, I think an emoticon would work great for sarcasm, and I think that’s a great idea. Most people use the 🙂 to say, “See? I’m smiling. I didn’t really mean you should go eat a turd. i was being sarcastic.”
Let’s see . . . How about :
{:-?
or
8~}
or
:-S
Get it? S for Sarcasm. eh. I dunno. Any ideas?
How about before each sarcastic thing we type, we put the following label: ***WARNINING the following sentence is being typed using only the finest, most sarcastic sarcasm***
Or am I just being sarcastic? We will never know, will we? But I will say that havi g o is ot at all fu .
At work, I am missing the I on my keyboard, from years of typing our item number with an I in front of them. I finally made the suggestion that we get rid of all the I’s on the item numbers, and they did. Would you like me to make a suggestion in WordPress that all Ns be banned? Whe o oe has a , you wo’t feel so bad.
Oh I am so doing a post about all this when I get back from ru I g some era ds.
And about the disclaimer you came up with, I’d rather just tell people I didn’t really mean they should eat a turd.
But sometimes you do mean it…
Well, yes. And then I would have nothing to explain.
Good point.